It seems that people are fascinated with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Unfortunately, other than the literary evidence from the scrolls and the ruins where they used to live, we don't know much more about these people. In a way it would be cool if we uncovered some mummified remains of the writers, then we could say, "Look! These people were Jewish Essenes."

Something like this recently happened. Not long ago archaeologists discovered a mummified woman near the Nile river. The mummy dates back to approximately 700 AD. Here she is.

You cannot tell by looking at her, but she was certainly a Christian. While running a CT scan of her thigh bone researchers discovered a faint tattoo. Infrared imagery allowed them to capture the image. Here is what it looks like:

British researchers who studied the tattoo recognized it from similar symbols on ancient Christian artifacts and mosaics. The symbol represents Michael the Archangel. The Greek letters spelling "Michael" are stacked on top of each other. The Greek letters are M * I * X * A * H * A.